Motherhood healed parts of me

 Motherhood healed parts of me

Parts I didn't even know needed healing
It softened my edges
Taught me patience
Gave me purpose
And showed me what unconditional love feels like
But it also exposed parts I never knew were broken
The parts that flinch when things get loud
lama life
The parts that shut down when I feel out of control
The parts that never learned what it meant to be nurtured Or seen Or safe
Becoming a mother brought it all to the surface
The beauty
The pain
The unhealed pieces of the little girl I used to be
It's not just diapers and late nights
It's mirror work
It's triggers
It's realizing that the way I speak to my child Is the way I wish someone had spoken to me
It's rewriting the story
So it ends differently for them Even while it still hurts for me
This journey is deep
It's sacred
And it's not always soft
But it's worth every layer I've had to peel back To become who I needed
For them And for me 

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